by Liane Davey | Jan 31, 2016 | About teams, Be a better team member, Contribute, Exercises, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say
I recently debuted a new speech about building high performance teams. My ideas about how to build a high performance team (and whether teams even have the courage that high performance requires) are getting crisper…and edgier. I’ll share some of those ideas on the...
by Liane Davey | Oct 21, 2015 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Communication, Exercises, How to fix teams, Meetings
You spend a huge amount of time in meetings; make it time well spent. I’m in the midst of a series on better meetings. I started with how to split different topics into weekly, monthly, and quarterly meetings. Then I dove in with detailed instructions on running great...
by Liane Davey | Oct 18, 2015 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Communication, Exercises, How to fix teams, Meetings
Meetings are where team goodness should happen, but meetings these days tend to be awful. I’m in the midst of a series on better meetings. I started with how to split different topics into weekly, monthly, and quarterly meetings. Then I dove in with detailed...
by Liane Davey | Oct 15, 2015 | About teams, Be a better team leader, Communication, Exercises, Meetings
In my previous post, I outlined the ways you can improve your meetings by creating a structure that differentiates meetings based on their purpose. I recommend that you build a meeting structure with weekly operations meetings; monthly business builder...
by Liane Davey | Oct 11, 2015 | About teams, Exercises, How to fix teams, Meetings
One of the most common outcomes of the first team effectiveness session with a new team is an overhaul of the team’s meeting structure. It happens through a very logical conversation that starts with what’s changing in the world, moves to the value the team needs to...
by Liane Davey | Oct 4, 2015 | Be a better team leader, Communication, Exercises, How to fix teams
I’m on a bit of a roll on the topic of collaboration on teams. This little flurry of posts stemmed from three teams in a row that raised concerns about the lack of shared ownership for each other’s work. In the first post, I focused on the importance of getting input...